Duffy hearing postponed

Former Saugus Public Library Administrative Assistant Linda Duffy’s plea hearing has been changed from Aug. 24 to Sept. 28 at the U.S. District Court in Boston.

Suzanne Snell/ssnell@wickedlocal.com

Former Saugus Public Library Administrative Assistant Linda Duffy’s plea hearing has been changed from Aug. 24 to Sept. 28 at the U.S. District Court in Boston.

Her attorney Fred Riley said she requested the hearing to be moved for “personal reasons.”

Duffy is facing multiple charges for allegedly withdrawing more than $800,000 from a decoy bank account in the name of the Saugus Public Library and using the money for personal expenses.

On Sept. 28 Duffy will change her plea to guilty, Riley confirmed. When Duffy was indicted last December she pleaded not guilty.

“She will not be sentenced on that day,” Riley said. “She will change her plea. Another day will be set for the sentencing.”

Duffy, 65, of Saugus, was indicted by a grand jury on four counts of mail fraud, 10 counts of money laundering and one count of aggravated identity theft following an investigation into how she allegedly diverted charitable donations and checks intended to pay library fees into her own bank account over a seven-year period.